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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
5. A small quantity of liquid.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
16. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
17. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
18. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
19. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
20. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. The longest division of geological time.
24. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
25. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
28. East Indian annual erect herb.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
33. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
36. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. The circumstances and ideas of the present age.
49. Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal).
52. Very dark black.
54. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
55. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
57. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
58. A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd.
59. The eleventh month of the civil year.
61. United States film actor (born in 1956).
63. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
64. The sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing a developing bud.
66. American Revolutionary patriot.
68. A genus of Ploceidae.
70. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
73. Kauri pine.
75. Small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand.
78. Cause to be attached.
79. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
82. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
85. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
87. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
92. Informal terms for a mother.
93. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
95. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
96. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
98. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
100. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
101. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
102. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
103. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
104. A former French coin of low denomination.
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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
3. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. Develop under favorable conditions, such as germs and bacteria.
5. Difficult or labored respiration.
6. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
7. In operation or operational.
8. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
10. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
14. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
15. The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
27. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
35. An informal term for a father.
37. Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances.
38. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
41. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
42. (classical mythology) A mythical being that is half man and half horse.
43. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
44. The quantity a cask will hold.
47. Informal terms for a mother.
48. The second largest city in Tunisia.
50. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
51. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
53. Founder of Buddhism.
56. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
60. Bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye.
62. Petty quarrel.
65. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
67. Flowing in drops.
69. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
71. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
72. Any fungus of the genus Lepiota.
73. In operation or operational.
74. Offering fun and gaiety.
76. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
77. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
80. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
81. An ardent male lover.
83. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
84. A city in central New York.
86. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
88. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
89. In the Roman calendar.
90. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
91. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
94. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
97. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
98. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
99. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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